Spring wall clips



July 15, 1958 s. KOPELMAN 2,842,823

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United States Patent SPRING WALL CLIPS Sadye Kopelman, Flushing, N. Y.

Application November 23, 1955, Serial No. 548,627

2 Claims. (Cl. 24-73) This invention relates to spring clips, and the main object of the invention is the provision of an improved spring clip in the form of a modern type of clothes pin having the jaws thereof normally closed by a spring, the improvement consisting in elongating one side or arm of the clothes pin and providing, in the extension of the arm thus attained, two or more longitudinally spaced holes adapted to have nails or screws passed therethrough to permit of attaching the clip to a wall.

An additional object of the invention is the provision of a thickening of the upper portion of the elongated arm mentioned above in a rearward direction, thus providing the equivalent of a rearward projection thereon, through which the said holes also extend, and whereby the lower portion, or jaw portion, of the said arm is spaced forward from the wall.

The above broad as well as additional objects will be clarified in the following description wherein reference numerals refer to like-numbered parts on the accompanying drawing. It is to be noted that the drawing is intended solely for the purpose of illustration and that it is therefore neither desired nor intended to limit the invention necessarily to any or all of the exact details of construction shown, or to the specific uses mentioned, except insofar as they may be deemed essential to the invention.

Referring briefly to the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a spring clip, illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4--4 of Fig.2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a modified form of the elongated arm of the clip.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing two of the clips spaced apart and fastened to a wall.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates one arm, which for the present purpose is termed the rear arm, and the numeral 11 indicates the other arm, of a standard form of modern type of spring-closed clothes pin, the former being elongated to provide the extension 10a which may be longer or shorter than the example illustrated in the drawing. The two arms 10 and 11 are pivoted together, in the usual manner, by a coiled spring 12 provided with deformed locking fingers or extensions registering in grooves 14 on the outer surfaces of the arms, or by any other type of spring.

As is well known, the lower ends 10b and 11b of the arms 10 and 11, respectively, constitute jaws adapted to clamp an article or material therebetween.

For the purposes of the present invention, the two arms ice 10 and 11 may have a form or construction different from that of. the common clothes pin, in that it is not necessary that the clip be secured on a clothes line at the same time that it serves the purpose of the present invention; in fact, the clip of the present invention is designed and intended solely to permit it to be attached to a wall.

At least two longitudinally spaced holes 15 are provided through the extension 10a, whereby the clip may be secured in substantially vertical position to a wall, by means of nails or screws, with, or course, the rear arm 10 positioned against the wall. By thus using two clips suitably spaced apart horizontally, sheets such as, for example, bed sheets, and more particularly so-called contour sheets, may be easily and quickly folded after laundering, by first securing two corners of the sheet-between the jaws of the spaced clips and walking away from the wall with the opposite two corners held in the hands, to position the sheet in flattened out or extended position. Then, walking back to the wall, the sheet may be neatly folded in the center by holding the two formerly distant corners against the two clip-held corners and releasing the latter from the clips. With the preliminary steps thus completed, the further folding of the sheet is readily done, so-that a finally folded sheet neat in appearance and suitable in dimensions for storage in the linen closest, is attained.

In the modified form of clip wherein the rear arm 10c together with its elongation 10d, shown in Fig. 5, the latter is further provided with a rearward thickening or projection 10e whose rear surface is flat. When this modified form of the clip is attached to the wall in the same manner as previously mentioned, it is apparent that the rear arm and hence the entire lower end, or the jaws, of the clip are spaced forward from the wall. In this form the clip may efliciently be used to suspend articles such as stockings for drying after washing in such a manner that the stocking is largely suspended clear of the wall, to prevent it from clinging to the wall.

The improved clip of the present invention may, of course, be put to many other and additional uses. It is also obvious that means other than screws or nails can be used for securing the long arm to the wall without departing from the general spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A clip comprising a pair of arms including a rear arm and a front arm said front arm being superimposed on the rear arm with the lower ends of both arms in a common horizontal plane and a coiled spring or any other type of spring positioned between said arms substantially intermediate the length of said front arm, said spring having deformed extensions from the ends thereof each embracing one of said arms and thereby retaining said arms together with said spring therebetween and pivotally joining the arms together with said spring serving as a pivot, said rear arm being elongated upwardly to provide an extension thereon above the upper end of said front arm, said extension having at least two spaced securing means for attaching said rear arm rigidly to a wall whereby two of said clips are adapted to be spaced apart horizontally and sheets such as, for example, bed sheets, and more particularly, at least, so-called contour sheets, may be easily and quickly folded after laundering, by first securing two corners of the sheet between the jaws of the spaced clips and the user then walking away from the wall with the opposite two corners held in the hands, to position the sheet in flattened out or extended position, and

then upon walking back to the wall, the sheet may be neatly folded in the center by holding the two formerly distant corners against the two clip-held corners and releasing the latter from the clips, the preliminary steps thus completed, the further folding of the sheet is readily done', so that a finally folded sheet, neat in appearance and suitable in dimensions for storage in the linen closest, is attained.

2. The clip as set forth in claim 1, said extension being thickened rearwardly thereby providing a rearward projection thereon, said rearward projection having a fiat surface adapted to contact the wall, said means comprising the provision of at least two spaced securing means through said extension and said projection receptive of screws or the like.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,468,884 Schneider Sept. 25, 1923 1,489,159 Schilling Apr. 1, 1924 1,489,923 Budd Apr. 8, 1924 10 2,665,466 Morgan Jan. 12, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 454,660 France Mar. 2, 1913 

